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Find Bluetooth Version in Windows 10

Your Windows 10 device may come with various Bluetooth versions. Depending on the version supported by your hardware, you may or may not have some of the Bluetooth features. For example, Bluetooth 4.0 adds Bluetooth Smart / Bluetooth Low Energy standard in addition to the Classic Bluetooth specification. It is a significant improvement in prolonging battery life of devices. Here is how to find which Bluetooth version your PC supports.

Bluetooth hardware can be embedded in your device's motherboard or it can be installed as an internal module inside the device. Bluetooth transmitters exist as an external device which can be connected to a USB port.

The Bluetooth stack in Windows 10 version 1803 was upgraded from version 4.2 to version 5.0, which included plenty of new protocols. See the following table.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Windows 10 April 2018 update

Windows 10 supports Bluetooth version 4.1 and the following Bluetooth user profiles:

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Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer from Russia who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter or Google+.